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Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (/ˈfaɪfər/; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She began her acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film Grease 2 (1982). She went on to receive mainstream attention for her breakthrough performance as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in Brian De Palma’s crime thriller Scarface (1983). Her subsequent roles in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and Love Field (1992), garnered her three Academy Award nominations.

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You can have it all, but you can't do it all.

Success

Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.

Common, Probably, Sense, Strong, Thinking, Tunnels

I went to court-reporting school to study stenotyping. After awhile, whenever anybody spoke, in my mind my fingers would be punching it out. Even two years after I quit, my mind still did that.

Fingers, Mind, School, Spoke, Two, Years

You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady.

Bag, Bags, Knows, Like, Play

I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.

Fear, Issues, Kind, Moment, Roots, Thinking

I've worked with very few actors who have been at all difficult.

Actors, Difficult, Has Beens, Worked

I would speak up if I see someone being rude to someone.

Being Rude, Rude, See, Speak

I don't really know what Hollywood is. I've never really known.

Hollywood, Know, Known, Knows

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

Aging, Enjoy Life, Life, People, Think, Thinking

I've never lost my love for acting. I feel really at home on the movie set. I'm a more balanced person honestly when I'm working.

Acting, Home, Honestly, Lost, Love, Person

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

Like, Motivating, People, Thinking, Underneath, Understanding

What's interesting is, there's always a lot of talk to young people about finding their passion, following their passion. But I remember reading somewhere that a lot of people don't have a passion. And there's this pressure to have one. It's perfectly fine not to have one.

Passion, People, Reading, Talk

I'm afraid to be alone, I'm afraid not to be alone. I'm afraid of what I am, what I'm not, what I might become, what I might never become. I don't want to stay at my job for the rest of my life, but I'm afraid to leave. And I'm just tired, you know? I'm just so tired of being afraid.

Become, Jobs, Leave, Life, Tired, Want

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

Fewer, Good, Older, Roles

I guess I sort of just feel like I am lucky.

Feels, Guess, Like, Lucky, Sort

Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain.

Age, Early, Men, Vain, Vanity

I think there is a major difference between actors and actresses. All of the men I've worked with have been really difficult, whereas the women have always been extremely cooperative. I began thinking about that, and I think it comes down to a question of comfort with vanity.

Men, Question, Thinking, Vanity

I worked so hard for so long - I did a lot of movies. I also worked a lot when my kids were smaller, before they were in school.

Hard, Kids, Long, Movies, School, Smaller

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

Jobs, Wanted, Money, Job, Take

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L. A. ,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

Careers, Moving, Orange, Scared, Way

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